Reporting

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

  • Project managed the production of a televised BBC World Debate on sustainability reporting.

The New Zealand Aid Programme and Mekong Institute

  • Conducted a monitoring and evaluation of capacity development for integrating Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) into AEC’

UN Women and UN Global Compact

  • Authored reporting guidance for the UN Women UNGC Women’s Empowerment Principles entitled ‘The Women’s Empowerment Principles – Reporting on Progress’

Various clients for Ernst and Young India, including AIMA

  • Advised Indian companies on their sustainability strategy and reporting process, and Indian chambers of commerce on promoting responsible business among their membership.
  • Capacity building workshops for clients in the building materials and paper and pulp sectors.

Strategy

Alliance for Financial Inclusion

  • Developed the External Stakeholder and Donor Strategies, as well as conducted the gender impact assessment for AFI’s second phase (2013-18).
  • Conceptualized Capacity Building Programme for mid-level central bankers from developing and emerging economies.

BUPA

  • Analyzed the attractiveness of the Indian healthcare market including the feasibility of various models for market entry.
  • Project managed various community engagement initiatives including a business wide CSR campaign, which involved the collection of over 6000 recycled spectacles for the Wan Kaew Project in Thailand.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  • Authored strategic guidance on MSME Policies for Promotion of Sustainable Economic Development.

International Finance Corporation

  • Gender advisor and contributor to an IFC global gender baseline study on access to finance for SME women entrepreneurs including developing recommendations for IFC client banks and policymakers.

Stakeholder Engagement

Alliance for Financial Inclusion

  • Designed and piloted AFI’s Capacity Building Programme in partnership with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on SME Access to Finance, and Payment Systems Policy & Oversight, each attended by approximately 40 central bankers from emerging and developing countries.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

  • Ran a series of capacity building workshops for Indian public sector banks on monitoring, evaluating and reporting on their sustainability performance including their efforts to promote financial inclusion.

Strategy & Reporting

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  • International stakeholder engagement process and authoring of a study on high impact enterprises that empower women and girls.
  • Technical expert to the multi donor MSME financing and development project in India
  • Advised the Small Industries Development Bank (SIDBI) on its sustainability and reporting strategy, including running internal capacity building workshops and advising on its role to act as a catalyst for responsible business behavior among MSMEs.

Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  • Business strategy development and two appraisal missions to establish a new bilateral assistance programme for the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & GIZ on Responsible Finance in India, including market study and multi-stakeholder engagement process on the international and India specific responsible finance trends
  • A market assessment of the social enterprise ecosystem with client recommendations
  • Planned and facilitated a series of pilot capacity building workshops with donors, impact investors and social enterprise incubators in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat and Assam.

German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Small Industries Development Bank India (SIDBI)

  • Conducted research on Climate Change Adaptation Innovation Opportunities for Indian MSMEs.

Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

  • Facilitated international multi-stakeholder working groups to develop GRI sustainability reporting guidance using a consensus seeking approach.
  • Engaged with companies in the media, construction and real estate, airport operators and events sectors among others to create and encourage the adoption of global sector specific sustainability reporting guidance to respond to their unique sustainability challenges and impact.
  • Worked with multi-stakeholders to run the pilot Brazilian National Annex Project.

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in partnership with the IFC

  • International stakeholder engagement process and co-authored the ‘IFC-GRI Embedding Gender in Sustainability Reporting – A Practitioner’s Guide’.
  • Co-facilitated multi-stakeholder workshops on gender impacts of businesses in London, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg and Washington D.C, as well as the international advisory group to support this project.
  • Fundraising, partnership development and in turn the project management of the G3.1 Gender Update process for the GRI Guidelines including facilitating the multi-stakeholder working group meetings.